TICK..............Tick...............................tick

 every step is a double transit..................

..............one away from the past and the other toward the future.
both from and toward contain minefields......
leaving the bad can be good...unless you arrive at a brand new bad.
arriving at the good can be good.....unless it becomes bad.
leaving the bad can be bad...if you had stayed it may have become good.
or, perhaps you are fortunate and become one of the extremely rare ones to find your nirvana....the cherished pot of gold (but, trust me, it won't be at the end of a rainbow).
the journey itself may become bad, if you hesitate and become confused
and stray from the path.
absolutely no step we take is a guarantee of well-being.
if you stop, even momentarily, you may never again continue.
perhaps the most intimidating part of the journey is the deepening sense that we seem utterly independent.....this sometimes results in over confidence, ending in tragedy.  why? because we grow increasingly aware of the deafening TICK....Tick....tick of the unseen clock.....leading us...where?
and we have not even begun to consider the condition of the road.